2012 World Snooker Championships Starts Saturday

Scaramouche

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2012 World Snooker Championship
http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/BetfredcomWorldChampionship

April 21 to Monday May 7

Start Times UK – 10 a.m.; 2:30 p.m. 7 p.m.

Winner: £250,000 - that’s $400,000 American
Runner-up: £125,000
Semi-finals: £52,000
Quarter-finals: £24,050
Last 16: £16,000
Last 32: £12,000
Last 48: £8,200
Last 64: £4,600
Highest TV break: £10,000
Highest non-TV break: £1,000
Total: £1,111,000

Format - 2 tables
Round 1 – best of 19 frames
Round 2 – best of 25 frames
Quarter finals – best of 25 frames
Semi finals – best of 33 frames
Final – best of 35 frames

First Round Draw
John Higgins v Liang Wenbo
Stuart Bingham v Stephen Hendry
Graeme Dott v Joe Perry
Stephen Maguire v Luca Brecel
Shaun Murphy v Jamie Jones
Stephen Lee v Andrew Higginson
Ali Carter v Mark Davis
Judd Trump v Dominic Dale
Mark Williams v Liu Chuang
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Peter Ebdon
Martin Gould v David Gilbert
Neil Robertson v Ken Doherty
Ding Junhui v Ryan Day
Mark Allen v Cao Yupeng
Matthew Stevens v Marco Fu
Mark Selby v Barry Hawkins

Viewing
The most interesting coverage is BBC because of the commentating team.
This link has BBC 1 & 2
http://mypremium.tv/
Dumb link to program schedule - you have to advance the calendar manually
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/genres/sport/snooker/schedules/2012/04/21

The betting shops/Eurosport feed is usually available here:
http://www.sportlemon.tv/c-11.html
http://www.hahasport.com/

Vettle will probably have a channel - you have go scrolling through the pages looking for it - icon is the Union Jack - good quality feed
NB The icon appears only when the feed is active.
http://veetle.com/index.php/listing#sports/popular/1

Best quality picture and most reliable feed is the pay site of World Snooker - a single month costs about $6 - but it will chew up lots of download capacity (650 kbps) unless your ISP is restricting download speed (300 KBPS). So it could get expensive if you watch, say 13 hours a day .
You have been warned.:D
http://www.worldsnooker.livesport.tv/

The New Kid
Luca Brecel is the youngest player in the history of the Crucible and the first Belgian.
http://snookerscene.blogspot.ca/search?q=Brecel

Enjoy
 
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FastManners

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Thanks

Thank you for all the info. Who is your tip for the title this year?

I would love Ronnie or Trump to win it, but i think it will more likely be Higgins or Robertson.
 
Scaramouche

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FastManners said:
Thank you for all the info. Who is your tip for the title this year?

I would love Ronnie or Trump to win it, but i think it will more likely be Higgins or Robertson.
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Back in November
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=252843
my possible picks were:

1. Trump
2. Ding
3. Higgins
4. Williams

Now I pick:

1. Judd Trump
2. Ding Junhui
3. Stephen Lee
4. Mark Allen

Allen & Ding are in the same section, so they both can't survive :(

Trump and Lee are in the same section :(:(

The more ancient crew - Higgins, O'Sullivan, Williams - haven't been playing well lately.

Robertson has not delivered - new baby , new house - too many distractions

Many players have had medical and other issues this season.
Dominic Dale, for example, in the Championship League, was wearing pants so tight he was scraping the skin from the back of his hand from reaching into his pocket with the chalk. :grin: Started using a pouch :D

Maguire has been playing well recently, but has problems keeping his head straight. He is in a section that should give him a good chance to get into the later stages of the tournament. Plays the new kid, Luca Brecel, in the first round. If Brecel beats Maguire that section could get interesting.

O'Sullivan plays Ebdon in the first round.
Ebdon plays sssssllllllllllllloooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww.
In his last match, 13 frames took 7 1/2 hrs.
Have to see how Ronnie handles it. :grin:

So the final must be Trump vs Ding, with Trump winning. :D
When they played a best of 35 exhibition in China earlier, Ding won.


TimKrazyMon said:
Is there still the massive pot available for a 147?
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No - see original post
 
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TheThaiger

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Scaramouche said:
2012 World Snooker Championship
http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/BetfredcomWorldChampionship

April 21 to Monday May 7

Start Times UK – 10 a.m.; 2:30 p.m. 7 p.m.

Winner: £250,000 - that’s $400,000 American
Runner-up: £125,000
Semi-finals: £52,000
Quarter-finals: £24,050
Last 16: £16,000
Last 32: £12,000
Last 48: £8,200
Last 64: £4,600
Highest TV break: £10,000
Highest non-TV break: £1,000
Total: £1,111,000

Format - 2 tables
Round 1 – best of 19 frames
Round 2 – best of 25 frames
Quarter finals – best of 25 frames
Semi finals – best of 33 frames
Final – best of 35 frames

First Round Draw
John Higgins v Liang Wenbo
Stuart Bingham v Stephen Hendry
Graeme Dott v Joe Perry
Stephen Maguire v Luca Brecel
Shaun Murphy v Jamie Jones
Stephen Lee v Andrew Higginson
Ali Carter v Mark Davis
Judd Trump v Dominic Dale
Mark Williams v Liu Chuang
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Peter Ebdon
Martin Gould v David Gilbert
Neil Robertson v Ken Doherty
Ding Junhui v Ryan Day
Mark Allen v Cao Yupeng
Matthew Stevens v Marco Fu
Mark Selby v Barry Hawkins

Viewing
The most interesting coverage is BBC because of the commentating team.
This link has BBC 1 & 2
http://mypremium.tv/
Dumb link to program schedule - you have to advance the calendar manually
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/genres/sport/snooker/schedules/2012/04/21

The betting shops/Eurosport feed is usually available here:
http://www.sportlemon.tv/c-11.html
http://www.hahasport.com/

Vettle will probably have a channel - you have go scrolling through the pages looking for it - icon is the Union Jack - good quality feed
NB The icon appears only when the feed is active.
http://veetle.com/index.php/listing#sports/popular/1

Best quality picture and most reliable feed is the pay site of World Snooker - a single month costs about $6 - but it will chew up lots of download capacity (650 kbps) unless your ISP is restricting download speed (300 KBPS). So it could get expensive if you watch, say 13 hours a day .
You have been warned.:D
http://www.worldsnooker.livesport.tv/

The New Kid
Luca Brecel is the youngest player in the history of the Crucible and the first Belgian.
http://snookerscene.blogspot.ca/search?q=Brecel

Enjoy
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Thanks mate.
 
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i'm waiting for this since the end of the china open.
No way Stephen Lee can win this ( i would like if he wins ), not because he is not talented but because this wc takes a lot of stamina and SL doesn't have that. I'm following Luca Brecel since last year and he is very talented. O' Sullivan is not looking good.
I don't know who can win this, there are many great players... I would say Ding or Allen.
 
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pt109

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Thanx, Scaramouche.
Had a few chores to do...they'll have to wait.

Trump vs Williams finals would suit me just fine.
Mark Williams' game is volatile...he can go from no-stroke to dead-stroke
in the blink of an eye.
 
Siz

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Thanks for this Scaramouche

I hope that Brecel doesn't find McGuire too intimidating - I would like to see him play well.

Anyone know what Murphy's recent form has been like?
 
TheThaiger

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Slh said:
i'm waiting for this since the end of the china open.
No way Stephen Lee can win this ( i would like if he wins ), not because he is not talented but because this wc takes a lot of stamina and SL doesn't have that. I'm following Luca Brecel since last year and he is very talented. O' Sullivan is not looking good.
I don't know who can win this, there are many great players... I would say Ding or Allen.
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Luca Brecel is an Italian sounding name - is he Italian by descent?
 
Slasher

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My pick is Ding maybe Allen.
Williams struggles against Ronnie so he needs Ebdon to do the biz.
Selby shown no form lately and Maquire has the game but needs a shrink to win.
Trump as good as he is often over steps and takes on the wrong? shot, not sure there is a wrong shot when you are that attacking :grin:
Higgins again no form but you never know.
Lee cant see him over the distance.
I will be there from the semis on so watch for me :thumbup:
 
Scaramouche

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Just reminding you that the time difference EASTERN is 5 hours

Starts Tomorrow Saturday April 21

Starting times EASTERN

5:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m
2:00 p.m.
Two tables

Tennis has Breakfast at Wimbledon
Snooker has
For SEVENTEEN DAYS
Breakfast at The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield
Clive Everton, editor of Snooker Scene magazine, called it "The Theatre of Cruelty"

Find it on the web, BBC, and, not mentioned previously, Eurosport
http://tv.eurosport.co.uk/
http://tv.eurosport.co.uk/search.shtml?query=snooker
 
Scaramouche

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A most useful link was posted in the Snooker section :D

http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/worldchampionships2012/schedule/

Just click on each day to see the matches and times.
For example

Saturday April 21
First Round
John Higgins v Liang Wenbo (1000 BST)
Martin Gould v Dave Gilbert (1000 BST)
Stuart Bingham v Stephen Hendry (1430 BST)
Neil Robertson v Ken Doherty (1430 BST)
John Higgins v Liang Wenbo (1900 BST)
Mark Allen v Cao Yupeng (1900 BST)
 
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